ENROLLED
ACT No. 121
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 166
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:584, relative to criminal history record information; to
3 provide relative to the interstate exchange of criminal history record information for
4 noncriminal justice purposes; to adopt and ratify the National Crime Prevention and
5 Privacy Compact; to provide relative to the duties and authority of the Louisiana
6 Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information in this regard; to provide relative
7 to the effectiveness of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact in
8 Louisiana; and to provide for related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 15:584 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง584. Cooperation with federal and other state agencies
12 A. The bureau shall cooperate with the United States Department of Justice
13 and other federal criminal justice agencies and with similar agencies in other states
14 and cities toward developing a comprehensive state, interstate, national, and
15 international system of criminal information, identification, investigation, records,
16 and statistics.
17 B.(1) The Legislature of Louisiana approves and ratifies the National Crime
18 Prevention and Privacy Compact, 34 U.S.C. 40316, and the compact shall remain in
19 effect in this state until legislation is enacted renouncing the compact.
20 (2) The bureau shall execute, administer, and implement the compact on
21 behalf of the state and may adopt necessary rules, regulations, and procedures for the
22 national exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes as
23 those terms are defined by the compact.
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1 (3) Ratification of the compact does not affect the obligations and
2 responsibilities of the bureau as set forth in the provisions of this Chapter regarding
3 the dissemination of criminal history record information within the state.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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